4 1 ST ANNUAL REPORT, ig02. I7I 



The Union has since its last Annual Meeting" to deplore the 

 loss by death of its senior member, Mr. Charles P. Hobkirk, to 

 whom it has been deeply indebted in many ways during- the 

 space of at least thirty gears' continued close association, and 

 has also to lament the decease of such valued workers as Mr 

 J. AA". Addymaii, Mr. Henry Johnson, and Mr. A. Paterson. 



Local Secretaries. — Your Executive recommends the 

 re-election of the Hon. Local Secretaries as follows : — 

 Harrog-ate, K. McLean ; Huddersfield, W. E. L. Wattam ; 

 Leeds, H. Ostheide ; Malton, M. B. Slater, F.L.S. ; 

 Middlesbrough, T. F. Ward ; Redcar, T. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U.; 

 Ripon, Wm. Gregfson, E.G. S. ; Scarboroug^h, J. H. Rowntree ; 

 Sheffield, A. T. Watson ; Skipton, J. J. Wilkinson ; AVhitby, 

 Thomas Newbitt, There are vacancies for the following- and 

 other districts, and your Executive would be glad if members 

 would volunteer their services in this capacity : — Barnsley, 

 Beverley, Bingle}-, Boston Spa, Bradford, Bridling-ton, 

 Darlington, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Driffield, Goole, Halifax, 

 Hull, Keighley, Market Weighton, Pickering, Richmond, 

 Rotherham, Saltburn, Sedbergh, Selby, Settle, Spen Valley, 

 Thirsk, Wakefield, and York. 



It is a great advantage to the Union to be represented by 

 tlje Hon. Local Secretaries, and your Executive would here 

 endorse the hon. secretaries' sense of indebtedness to them for 

 the assistance which they render. 



Your Executive hopes that the Local Secretaries will keep 

 ever in mind that their main function is not merely to collect sub- 

 scriptions, but to act as local representatives in a much broader 

 sense, and to keep the Union and its objects constantly in view, 

 whether by way of enlisting new^ members or by keeping the 

 Executixe constantly informed as to local scientific occurrences. 



The Publications of the Union have been as in former 

 years, thi: ' Transactions' and the 'Naturalist.' 



Paris 28 and 20 of" ' The Transactions ' will be soon sent 

 out to the members for the year 1902. 



Part 2<S is devoted to the commencement of a valuable 

 ' Fungus-Flora uf Yorkshire ' by Messrs. G. Massee and C. 

 Crossland, and Part 29 to the Annual Reports, Lists of 

 Members, and Presidential Addresses of the Laiion. 



The Financial Position of the Union affords the Execu- 

 tive much anxiciy. and calls for serious and practical 

 consideration. 



The I'ollowing is the Hon. Treasurer's Statement of 

 Receipts and Pa}nients during the year, subject to audit : — 



